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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

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USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

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For families and friends of sailors serving aboard the mighty USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7). New members, be sure to use the information in the Discussion "USS Iwo Jima's Ombudsman Team and the Family Readiness Group (FRG)." Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom, current group Admin

Location: Mayport FL and everywhere!
Members: 113
Latest Activity: Aug 26, 2019

USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Videos

USS Iwo Jima Homecoming December 20, 2012 - a Cox Video Diary

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Comment by Riptide11/128 on June 17, 2011 at 12:08pm: Marcy, honestly I don't know what "strand" stands for. I just know that it's more of a "hands on application" of training in the field he is going into. Mine is currently welding. The BECC was more book learning and Strand is the application and hands on stuff. LOL

Lynne, Thanks so much for the welcome! I am excited to be here. I know that my son was kind of hoping to be closer to home, but he is so glad that there is an OPENING for him. He'd rather be on a ship than on hold. LOL

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 16, 2011 at 7:51pm: Well THAT sent me to Google! LOL

HT = Hull Technician, BECC = Basic Engineering Core Course and a strand = job specific training? Or does strand mean a specialty?

Comment by Riptide11/128 on June 16, 2011 at 5:54pm: Marcy--He's in HT school, just finished BECC and is currently in STRAND.

Marine--It's nice to meet you.....both of you and thanks so much for the welcome. How incredibly exciting for your kids. What an honor, to represent the Navy during Fleet Week!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 15, 2011 at 2:34pm: Welcome Reptide & congratulations, how exciting! What A school is he in?

Comment by Riptide11/128 on June 15, 2011 at 2:20pm: I just found out my son will be assigned to the USS Iwo Jima after A school. So folks, I guess you'll be seeing a bit of me around here. Hello to all!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 14, 2011 at 9:00pm: Can you imagine the excitement they feel? Maybe a tenth of what I feel when I see them :) "Manning the rails" = "tissue alert" for me...

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 1, 2011 at 1:48pm: Good morning all! Glad some got to visit Fleet Week New York, and the photos are just great. My son was in NYC for the weekend and visited the ships, though he had to drive to get there LOL After three years in the Navy, he has so many friends all over that there's always an invite for a place to stay and fun things going on. Many of our corpsman parents have their corpsmen in Afghanistan and so don't know much about the 'ship' side of the Navy. One of our dads got to see the Iwo, and he was so impressed! Just missed connecting with my son, too bad, could have had a personal tour!

Hey, here's something to be aware of that happened to another LHD in May: Gossip Shuts Down Bataan's Facebook Page (NavyTimes.com)

"Loose tweets sink fleets, and as sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship Bataan learned, unchecked gossip can bring down a command’s Facebook page."

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on May 27, 2011 at 11:46pm: You know me too well Gloria but this one I didn't, I swear!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on May 27, 2011 at 12:18am: Another majestic photo........

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on May 25, 2011 at 11:54pm: NMCP = Naval Medical Center Portsmouth :) Gloria knows this, but for anyone else...my sailor's not permanently assigned to the Iwo, but is a member of a Fleet Surgical Team (doctors, nurses, corpsmen) that was on the Iwo for Operation Continuing Promise 2010. I wish so much they could have gone to NYC, but they're all doing their shore-duty turns at the hospital.